Glossary

Smart building technology is advanced building technology that saves energy, reduces carbon footprint and can also rely on the Internet...

Solar power systems generate electricity or heat from solar energy. In general, a distinction is made between photovoltaic (PV) systems...

The Smart Buildings Compass is a guide that leads you through the jungle of smart products, solutions and services for...

Smart (or intelligent) is the name given to systems that can process digital data, derive information from it and forward...

The smart home control center is the heart of a smart home - it's where all the information comes together....

Also called detectors, sensors measure certain conditions (e.g. temperatures) and forward them to the information center connected to it (e.g....

Voice control is the transmission of commands to technical devices by voice. Examples include voice assistants such as Siri or...

Remote control describes the possibility of targeted control or influence on devices machines or other equipment over a certain distance....

Electrification is generally referred to as the provision of infrastructure in the form of power grids to supply a region...

Energy efficiency generally describes the ratio of a certain benefit - for example, the provision of light or heat -...